Elbow bandage



E. G. DOLLARD AELBOW BANDAGE Dec.` z3, 1941.

Filed Sept. 9, 1940 awww@ Patented Dec. 23, 1941 j Y Vs"l"'lll`i'S PATENT`r OFFICE Y i 12,266,743. v. i l f ainnow BANDAGE I I Emmadlnollaranenver, e010.y v l npnueafitmseptember 9, 1940, seala. 356,050

(on. .12s-105) z-fclaims.

I'This invention relates to Vcertain "new and useful improvements'in elbow'bandages The primarypbject'ofth'e invention isto provide an elbow bandage especially designed v"for hospitals and sick Aroom use for the 'protection of 'theelbow `of 'bed patients, wherein the 'elbows become tender 'and 'sensitive 'resulting'-`from ex'- tended confinement.

A further .objectlof the invention is Lto provide a bandage of the-foregoing character capable of easy attachment to the elbow or heel of a bed patient, the bandage being formed from a blank of cotton, gauze or the like folded and stitched in a manner to provide a center pocket for the reception of a pad and embodying tie strings to facilitate attachment of the bandage, the pocket being of a semi-open character to permit the reception of bandages of desired thickness.

With the above and other objects in view that will become apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view, partly broken away and shown in section, of a bandage constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a top plan view showing the central pocket area for the reception of a pad with end tie strings,

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure.2, showing the side wall portions of the central pocket area of the pad opened or expanded,

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2, showing a closed lateral portion of the central pocket,

Figure 5 is a developed plan view of the material blank from which the bandage is formed, and

Figure 6 is a diagrammatic cross-sectional view, similar to Figure 3, showing more clearly the folded plies of the blank from which the pad is formed.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing and particularly to Figure 5 showing the blank from which the bandage is formed, the blank comprises a cut sheet of material in the form illustrated and formed of any desired material, such as cotton, gauze or the like usually employed in the making of bandages, said cut blank comprising a central body portion formed of two adj'acently positioned elongated substantially oval shaped sections I0 vand H arranged side-'by-side'and integral 'with eachother at the part I 2between the points Igraphically illustrated at I3. The oval shaped sections Ill and II`have vrespectively curved end portions lill-I4a Yand I5 and |521 extending'tovouterfend points I6 and 'IGR-while 4stripy I6 Lultimatelyto form tie-string end of `desired'"lengths extend ffrom'thepoint -I1 and -I-lia Vat veach end of the lcentral 4oval shaped sections I0 and II. A segmental section I8 is carried by the outer side of the central section I0 and a segmental section I88L is carried by the outer side of the central section II, each of the segmental sections I8 and Iiia forming an integral part of its adjacent section at the parts I9 and I9EL between the points 20 and 20B, the inner edge of each segmental section IB--IBa being curved as at 2l and 2I8L respectively while the outer edges thereof are cut on straight lines at 22 and 22a.

To form the blank shown in Figure 5 into bandage formation, the section II carrying the end strips I'Ia and its segmental section IBa is folded upon itself on the longitudinally extending line 23a which places the curved edges I5a thereof in mating relation to the curved edges I4, while the curved edge 2|a of the segmental section I8#1 mates with the curved edges I4 of the central section I0 with the segmental section I8a overlying the section I0. The other section I0 comprising the end strips I'I is then folded upon itself on the longitudinal line 24 to move the outer curved edges I5 into mating relation to the curved edges I4 and in overlying relation to the folded segmental section I8a carried by the central section II, the segmental section I8 carried by the section I0 then overlying the folded central section I I with the edge 2| thereof registering with the mating edges I4a and I5 of the section II.

In the folding of the sections I0 and II, the end strips I1 and I'Ia are respectively folded upon themselves on the longitudinally extending lines 23a, 24 and 24E, with the opposite side edges of the strips I'Ia mating with each other, the mating curved edges |48, lli-I5a and 2I--2Ia and the mating edges of the strips I1 being stitched together from the points I3-20 to the outer ends of the strips I1 as indicated by the reference character 25 in Figure 2.

Y Each end strip I1 is folded upon itself and stitched together at the edges to form double plies and the two folded double ply strips IIb as shown in Figure 1 are then mated and stitched to..

gether along their longitudinal lines as at 26 and 21 from the points |,6 to the outer ends thereof.

The foregoing folding and stitching arrangement provides a central pocket area in the bandage as shown in Figures 1 to 4 with' the pocket afforded by the overlapping segmental sections I8 and I8a, said pocket being indicated by the reference character 28 and adapted for the reception of pad strips 29 shown more clearly in Figure 3.

The bandage may have the pocket por-tion thereof fitted upon the elbow of a person and the tie strips I1 overlying the bend in the elbow are conveniently positioned for manipulation there- The bandage i-s as well adaptable for ther of. protection of the heel of a bed patient and the amount of padding inserted in the pocket28 mayv tions of substantially oval formation integrally connected together at the adjacent edges of their central side portions, with end tie-strip sections carried by each section of the body portion, a segmental section integral with a portion ofthe outer edge of each oval-shaped section, each' oval-shaped section being folded upon itself along the longitudinal median line thereof With the segmental sections placed in overlying relation to each other to form the central closed pocket-like body portion, and said folded sections being folded upon each other on thel connection between th'esections with the curved side portions of the oval-shaped sections mating with `each otlher and stitched together, each end tiestrip section being folded upon itself to form y double plies and the two folded doubly ply tiestrip sections mated and stitched together along their longitudinal edges.

2. Al blank for the formation of a pad of the character described, said blank comprising a fabric sheet formed of tWo substantially oval-V shaped central loody` sections arranged side by side andl integrally connected together intermediate the ends ofthe adjacent side edges, a segmental section integrally connected at the central portion of its curved side to the outer side edge of each central body sec-tion and a tie-strip section extending from the outer ends of each centra-l body section.

' EMMA G. DOLLARD. 

